International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature:
OPINIONS and DIRECTIONS
taxa names:
Al
alabamae Grote 1875 [originally in Catocala], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 27: 427 (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2068
Alabina Dall 1902 (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea): designation of Alaba cerithidioides Dall 1889 as type species not approved. ICZN 2018: Opinion 2408 (Case 3690)
alacris C.L. Koch 1833 [originally in Lycosa], Faunae insectorum Germaniae initia; oder Deutschlands Insecten, Heft 120, pl. 17, fig. 18 (specific name of the type species of Pardosa C.L. Koch 1847) (Arachnida). Opinion 2049
alamosae Berry & Legler 1980 [originally in Kinosternon], Contr. Sci. nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County (no. 325): 1-12 (Reptilia). Opinion 1343
alamose Pritchard 1979 [originally in Kinosternon], Encyclopedia of Turtles. Neptune, N.J., T.F.H. Publ.: 556 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 1343
alaris Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Mytilus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 138 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
Alastor Lepeletier 1841, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., 2: 668 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Ashmead 1902 (Canad. Entomol., 34: 210): Alastor atropos Lepeletier 1841, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hymenopt., 2: 669) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
Alastoroides Saussure 1856, Et. Fam. Vesp., 3: 327 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Ashmead 1902: Alastor clotho Lepeletier 1841, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hymenopt., 2: 668) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 893
alastoroides Saussure 1853 [originally in Odynerus], Monographie des guêpes solitaires ou de la tribu des Euméniens: 147 (specific name of the type species of Ancistroceroides Saussure 1855) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1363
alatus Retzius 1783 [originally in Cimex najas], Caroli De Geer genera et species insectorum, p. 89 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1741
alatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Cottus], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 39 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
alatus Say 1817 [originally in Unio], in Nicholson, First American edition of the British Encyclopedia or dictionary of arts and sciences, vol. 2 (B-E), pl. 4, fig. 2 (specific name of the type species of Potamilus Rafinesque 1818) (Bivalvia). Opinion 1665
Alauda Daudin 1816, Dict. Sci. nat., 1: 513 (a junior homonym of Alauda Linnaeus 1758). Direction 44
Alauda Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 165 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Selby 1825 (Ill. brit. Ornithol., 1 (Landbirds): xxix, xxxiii): Alauda arvensis Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 165) (Aves). Opinion 67, Direction 44
alba Rüh 1893 [originally in Colias hyale], Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte. 1. Band Tagfalter, p. 156, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name of Colias hyale alfacariensis Ribbe 1905 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2180
alba Alder & Hancock 1844 [originally in Eolis], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 13: 164 (a junior primary homonym of alba Van Hasselt 1824 [originally in Eolis]). Opinion 783
alba Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Motacilla], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 185 (specific name of the type species of Motacilla Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Direction 17
alba Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena alticauda] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
alba Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena porrecta] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
alba Kanmacher 1798 [originally in Voluta], in Adams, Essays Microsc. (ed. 2): 639, pl. 14, fig. 27 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 568
alba Brown 1827 [originally in Volvaria], Ill. Conch. Gt. Britain Ireland: pl. 38, fig. 43 (Gastropoda). Opinion 568
alberti Lenz 1910 [originally in Limnocaridina], Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentral-Afr. Exped. 1907-1908, 3(3): 12 (specific name of the type species of Limnocaridella Bouvier 1913) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
albescens Pennant 1812 [originally in Astacus], British Zoology, Ed. 5, vol. 4, p. 25 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 1576
albescens [Leucopelaea]. Case 3237
albicans Bosc 1802 [originally in Ocypoda] (Opinion 13)
albicans Pfeiffer 1839 [originally in Planorbis], Arch. Naturgesch., 5(1): 354 (specific name of the type species of Armigerus Clessin 1884) (Gastropoda). Opinion 735
albicaudus Cuvier 1829 [originally in Herpestes], Règne Anim. (ed. 2), 1: 158 (specific name of the type species of Ichneumia Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
albicilla Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Falco], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 89 (valid name at the date of Direction 43 of the type species of Haliaeetus Savigny 1809) (Aves). Direction 43
albicinctus Germar 1824 [originally in Cholus], Insectorum, species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae, vol. 1, Coleoptera, p. 214 (specific name of the type species of Cholus Germar 1824) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1449
albicollis Gmelin [1789] [originally in Fringilla], in Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2, p. 921 (Aves). Opinion 412
albida Latreille 1816 [originally in Eulimene], in Cuvier, Le Règne Animal (ed. 1), 3: 68 (specific name of the type species of Eulimene Latreille 1816) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 1301
albidus Westwood 1837 [originally in Agonioneurus], Philosophical Magazine, (3)10: 442 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1405
albidus Henle 1837 [originally in Enchytraeus], Arch. Anat. Phys. Wiss. Med., 1837: 89 (specific name of the type species of Enchytraeus Henle 1837) (Oligochaeta). Direction 77
albifasciata Quoy & Gaimard 1833 [originally in Holothuria], Voy. ‘Astrolabe’, Zool., 4: 132 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 762
albifrons Motschulsky 1863 [originally in Corixa], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36(2): 94, as defined by the neotype designated by Wroblewski 1968, Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 38: 764, ruled by the Commission under Article 75.8 of the Code to be the name-bearing type (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1492
albifrons [Leach 1814] [originally in Jaera], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 7(2): 434 (specific name of the type species of Jaera [Leach 1814]) (Crustacea, Isopoda). Opinion 643
albimana Meigen 1830 [originally in Heteroneura], Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, Sechster Theil. IV, Schulz, Hamm, p. 128 (specific name of the type species of Heteroneura Fallén 1823, and subsequently Clusiodes Coquillett 1904 (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 2262
albimana Vigors & Horsfield 1828 [originally in Simia], Zoological Journal, 4(13): 107-109 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Mammalia, Primates). Opinion 1736
albinella Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Phalaena], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 541 (specific name of the type species of Amaurosetia Stephens 1835) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1999
albinucha Gray 1864 [originally in Zorilla], Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1864: 69, pl. 10 (specific name of the type species of Poecilogale Thomas 1883) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
albinus [sic] Nicolet, [1842] [originally in Cyphodeirus], Neue Denkschr. Allgem. schweiz. Ges., 6: 67 (specific name of the type species of Cyphoderus (emendation of Cyphodeirus) Nicolet [1842]) (Insecta, Collembola). Opinion 291
albirostris Macquart 1850 [originally in Culex], Dipt. Exot., suppl. 4: 10 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 979
albispinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1838 [originally in Echimys], Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Academie des Sciences, 6: 886 (specific name of the type species of Trinomys Thomas 1921) (Mammalia). Opinion 1984
albiventer Hodgson 1837 [originally in Tesia], J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6: 102 (specific name of the type species of Pnoepyga Hodgson 1844) (Aves). Opinion 695
albiventor Lesson 1831 [originally in Carbo], Traité Orn. (8): 604 (Aves). Opinion 409
albogularis [anon.] [1840] [originally in Alcedo], Verz. Java Samml. Thier. Holzapfel: No. 44 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 273
albogularis Gould 1838 [originally in Psilopus], A synopsis of the birds of Australia and the adjacent islands, Part 4, pl. 61, suppressed under the plenary power for the Purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (Aves). Opinion 2240
alboguttata Megerle [1803] [originally in Saperda], Appendix ad catalogum insectorum, quae mense Novembris MDCCCII Viennae Austriae auctionis lege vendita fuere, p. [10], ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a suppressed work (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1710
albolineata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena cristata] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
albomaculata Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena varia] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
albomarginatum de Geer 1773 [originally in Acrydium], Mém. Hist. Ins., 3: 480 (specific name of the type species of Chorthippus Fieber 1852) (Insecta, Orthoptera). Opinion 609
albopicta Gory & Percheron 1833 [originally in Cetonia], Monographie des Cétoines et genres voisins, formant, dans les familles naturelles de Latreille, la division des Scarabées mélitophiles, p. 256 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2128
albopicta Motschulsky 1845 [originally in Cetonia], Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 18(1): 59, ruled under the plenary power to be not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Cetonia albopicta Gory & Percheron 1833 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2128
albopunctata Spix 1824 [originally in Hyla], Animalia nova, sive species novae Testudinum et Ranarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam, annis 1817-1820 collegit et descripsit ... J.B. Spix. Monachii: 33, as interpreted by the neotype (University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, No. 100000) designated by Duellman 1971 (Herpetologica, 27: 402) for use as the replacement name for Hyla boans Latreille 1801, by those who regard that species as congeneric with Rana boans Linnaeus 1758 (Amphibia). Opinion 1029
albopunctatus Houttuyn [1787] [originally in Curculio], Anim. Mus. Houtt. Index: 68 (included in a work suppressed under the plenary power for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 380
albosignatus L. Koch 1867 [originally in Heliophanus], Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 17: 871 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Arachnida, Araneae). Opinion 1611
albothorax Theobald 1907 [originally in Banksinella luteolateralis], A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes, vol. 4, p. 470, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. 16988 in the collection of the Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, U.S.A.) designated under the plenary power, the type status of the holotype having been set aside (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1775
Albunea Weber 1795, Nomencl. entomol. Syst. Fabr.: 94 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Holthuis 1956 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 12: 237): Cancer symmysta Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 630) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
ALBUNEIDAE (correction by Miers 1878, of ALBUNIDAE) Stimpson 1858, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 230 (type genus: Albunea Weber 1795) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 522
ALBUNIDAE Stimpson 1858, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 230 (type genus: Albunea Webe 1795) (an incorrect original spelling for ALBUNEIDAE Stimpson 1858). Opinion 522
Alburnus Rafinesique 1820 (gender: masculine), published (i.e. available) as of that work, and with type species by absolute tautonymy Cyprinus alburnus Linnaeus if this genus is considered identical to its junior homonym Alburnus Heckel 1840, otherwise a genus dubium without a type species fixation , as stated in Opinion 54
Alburnus Heckel 1840 (gender: masculine), junior homonym of the Alburnus Rafinesque 1820 (Opinion 54)
alburnus Basilewsky 1855 [originally in Culter], Nouv. Mém. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 10: 236 (specific name of the type species of Culter Basilewsky 1855) (Osteichthyes). Opinion 513
alburnus Linnaeus [originally in Cyprinus] (specific name of the type species by absolute tautonymy of Alburnus Rafinesque 1820 if the latter is considered identical with Alburnus Heckel 1840) (Opinion 54)
albus Quenstedt 1857 [originally in Ammonites anceps], Der Jura, p. 617, ruled under the plenary power to be an available name, not invalid by reason of being a junior homonym (specific name of the type species of Ilovaiskioceras Sazonov 1960) (Ammonoidea). Opinion 2123
albus Müller 1774 [originally in Planorbis], Verm. terrestr. fluviat. Hist., 2: 164 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
albus Müller 1776 [originally in Psittacus], Des Ritters Carl von Linné Natursystems Supplements und Register Band, p. 76, senior subjective synonym of Cacatua cristata Vieillot 1817, the type species of Cacatua Vieillot 1817 (Aves, Psittaciformes). Opinion 1949
albus Da Costa 1778 [originally in Strombiformis], Historia Naturalis testaceorum Britanniae or, the British conchology ..., p. 116, as defined by the neotype (specimen no. BM(NH) 1984126 in the Natural History Museum, London) designated by Warén 1989, Journal of Conchology, 33(4): 222 (senior subjective synonym of Balcis montagui Leach in Gray 1847, the type species of Balcis Leach in Gray 1847) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1739
albus Pennant 1777 [originally in Turbo], British zoology, Ed. 4, vol. 4, p. 130 (octavo edition) (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1739
Alca Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 130 (gender: feminine) (type species, by Linnaean tautonymy: Alca torda Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 130) (Aves). Opinion 271
alceae Esper [1780] [originally in Papilio], Die Schmett., 1 (Bd. 2) Forts. Tagschmett.: 4, pl. 51, fig. 3♀ (specific name of the type species of Carcharodus Hübner [1819]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 270
ALCEIDAE (ex ALCEDAE) Brookes 1828, Catalogue of the anatomical and zoological collection of Joshua Brookes, Part 1: 62 (type genus: Alces Gray 1821) (Mammalia). Opinion 1081
Alces Gray 1821, London med. Reposit., 15: 307 (gender: feminine) (type species, by absolute tautonymy: Cervus alces Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 66) (Mammalia). Opinion 91
alces Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Cervus], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 66 (specific name of the type species of Alces Gray 1821) (Mammalia). Direction 22
alchymillae [Hübner 1790-1793] [originally in Papilio], Lep. Linn.: 15 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 975
ALCIDAE (ex ALCADAE) anon. 1820, Synopsis contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 17): 68 (type genus: Alca Linnaeus 1758) (Aves). Opinion 1081
Alciope Rafinesque 1814, Précis Découv. Trav. somiolog.: 24 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 522
Alcithoë Adams & Adams [1853], Gen. rec. Moll., 1: 164 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Cossmann 1899 (Essai Paléoconch. comp., 3: 132): Voluta pacifica (Solander MS.) Perry [1810], Arcana: sign. Q[5] & pl., valid name: Voluta arabica Gmelin [1791]) (Gastropoda). Opinion 479
alcocki Wood-Mason 1891 [originally in Parilia], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6)7: 264 (specific name of the type species of Parilia Wood-Mason 1891) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Direction 36
alcon [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 [originally in Papilio], Ankündung syst. Werkes Schmett. Wien. Gegend: 182 (specific name of the type species of Maculinea van Eecke 1915) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 503
Alcyonaria [Renier] [1807], [Tav. serv. Class. Conn. Anim.]: Tav. IV (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 436
Alcyonia Bertrand 1763, Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 1: 14 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams 1957 (Reptilia). ICZN 2013: Opinion 2316
alderi Cocks 1852 [originally in Eolis], Naturalist, 2: 1 (specific name of the type species of Aeolidiella Bergh 1867) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1315
aldrovandella Villers 1789 [originally in Tinea], Caroli Linnaei Entomologia, Fauna Suecicae descriptionibus aucta; etc., p. 526, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the name Nematois australis Heydenreich 1851 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 2131
aldrovandi Bertrand 1763 [originally in Pentaphyllites], Dict. Univ. Foss. Propres Foss. Accid., 2: 109 (included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes). Opinion 592
Alella Leigh-Sharpe 1925, Parasitology, 17: 194-200 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Anchorella pagelli Krøyer 1863, Naturh. Tidsskr., (3)2: 75-320) (Crustacea, Copepoda). Opinion 1047
Alestes Müller & Troschel 1844, Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 10(1): 88 (gender: masculine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Jordan, 1919, The genera of fishes, part 2, p. 221: Salmo niloticus Linnaeus 1758, a junior subjective synonym of Cyprinus dentex Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichthyes, Characiformes). Opinion 1813
aletes Geyer 1832 [originally in Thracides], in Hübner, Zutr. z. Samml. exot. Schmett., 4: 31, pl. [126], figs. 731, 732 (specific name of the type species of Phanes Godman [1901]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 830
Alethodiastictos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 576 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
ALEUROPTERYGINAE Enderlein 1905, Zoologischer Anzeiger, 29: 225 (type genus: Aleuropteryx Löw 1885) (Insecta, Neuroptera). Opinion 1595
Aleuropteryx Löw 1885, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse (Abt. 1), 91: 79 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Aleuropteryx loewii Klapálak 1894) (Insecta, Neuroptera). Opinion 1595
Aleurostictus Kirby 1827, Zoological Journal, 3: 157 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2186
alexandri Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Psittacus] (Aves). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2332
Alexandrograptus Přibyl 1981, Vĕstnik Ústředniho ústavu geologického, 56(6): 373 (unavailable because disclaimed by its author in the original publication) (Graptolithina). Opinion 2023
alfacariensis Ribbe 1905 [originally in Colias hyale], Societas Entomologica, 20(18): 137, ruled under the plenary power to be an available name given precedence over Colias hyale sareptensis Alphéraky1875, Colias hyale alba Rühl 1893 and Colias hyale meridionalis Krulikowsky 1903 whenever it and any of the other three names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1657, Opinion 2180
algecirensis Strobl 1900 [originally in Ceratopogon pulicaris], Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 19: 170, ruled under the plenary power not to be given priority over the specific name of Ceratopogon puncticollis Becker 1903 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 1643
algovianus Oppel 1863 [originally in Ammonites], Pal. Mitt., 1(3): 137 (specific name of the type species of Arieticeras Seguenza 1885) (Cephalopoda). Opinion 337
Alimerichthus Claus 1871, Abh. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 16: 146 (a junior homonym of Alimerichthus Guérin 1855). Opinion 785
Alle Link 1807, Beschr. nat.-Samml. Univ. Rostock, 2: 46 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Alca alle Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 131) (Aves). Opinion 999
alle Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Alca], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 131 (specific name of the type species of Alle Link 1807) (Aves). Opinion 999
alleganiensis Daudin [1803] [originally in Salamandra], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 8: 231 (valid name at the date of Direction 57 of the type species of Cryptobranchus Leuckart 1821) (Amphibia). Direction 57
alleghaniensis Harlan 1825 [originally in Abranchus], Ann. Lyceum nat. Hist. New York, 1(8): 271 (an unjustified emendation of alleganiensis Daudin [1803] [originally in Salamandra]). Direction 56
Allerya Mörch 1877, Journal de Conchyliologie, 25(2): 210 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1410
alliaria Miller 1822 [originally in Helix], Ann. Phil., 19: 379 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
Alligator Cuvier 1807, Ann. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 10: 25 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Stejneger & Barbour 1917 (Checklist N. Amer. Amph. Rept. (ed. 1): 41) and through Article 67e (1961 Code): Crocodilus mississippiensis (emendation under the plenary power of mississipiensis) Daudin [1801], in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. Rept., 2: 412, nota 1) (Reptilia). Opinion 92, Direction 97
alligator Blumenbach 1779 [originally in Lacerta], Handb. Naturgesch., 1: 263 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Direction 97
ALLIGATORIDAE Gray 1844, Cat. Tortoises Crocodiles Amphisbaenians Coll. Brit. Mus.: 56 (type genus: Alligator Cuvier 1807) (Reptilia). Direction 97
Alloderma Ashmead (gender: neuter), available with type species by original designation Alloderma maculipennis Ashmead (Opinion 42)
Allodiastictopelte Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 549 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Allodicrania Enderlein 1913, Zool. Anz., 42: 253 (a junior objective synonym of Elaphella Bezzi 1913). Opinion 530
Alloliopelte Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 549 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Alloneura Rondani 1856, Dipterol. ital. Prodr., 1: 140 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 597
Allopeas Baker 1935, The Nautilus, 48(3): 84 (gender: neuter) (type species, by original designation: Bulimus gracilis Hutton 1834) (Gastropoda). Opinion 1766
Allosaurus Marsh 1877 (Dinosauria). ICZN 2023: Opinion 2486
Allotropoglyptos Holmberg 1917, Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, 28: 554 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy) (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 2069
Allygidius Ribaut 1948, Bull. Soc. nat. Hist. Toulouse, 83: 58, 59 (gender: masculine) (type species, by original designation: Cicada atomaria Fabricius 1794, Entomol. syst., 4: 37) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1365
Allygus Fieber 1872, Katalog der Europäischen Cicadinen, nach Originalen mit Benützung der neuesten Literatur: 13 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Van Duzee 1917 (California Agric. Exper. Sta. entomol. tech. Bull., 2: 675) as ratified under the plenary power: Cicada mixta Fabricius 1794, Entomol. syst., 4: 39) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 1365
alni Fallén [1806] [originally in Cercopis], K. svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. nya Handl., Stockholm, 26(4): 240-243 (specific name of the type species of Aphrophora Germar 1821) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 590
alni Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Chermes], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 454 (specific name of the type species of Psylla Geoffroy 1762) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 731
alni De Geer 1775 [originally in Chrysomela grisea] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
alni De Geer 1775 [originally in Chrysomela viridis] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
alni De Geer 1776 [originally in Coccus farinosus] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
alni Retzius 1783 [originally in Phalaena chrysagyria] (Arthropoda). ICZN 2014: Opinion 2333
Alona Baird 1843, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 11: 92 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Johnson 1956 (Bull. zool. Nomencl., 12: 202): Lynceus quadrangularis Müller 1776, Zool. dan. Prodr.: 72, 199, pl. IX, figs. 1-3) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). Opinion 532
Alope White 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 123 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Alope palpalis White 1847, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 15: 124, valid name: Hippolyte spinifrons Milne Edwards 1837) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 470
Alopecosa Simon 1885, Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie, Zoologie, p. 10 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Aranea fabrilis Clerck 1758) (Arachnida). Opinion 2049
Alopex Kaup 1829, Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. nat. Syst. eurOpinion Thierwelt: 85 (gender: feminine) (type species, by monotypy: Canis lagopus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 40) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
alouina [Röding] 1798 [originally in Volema], Mus. bolten.: 58 (valid name at the date of Opinion 911 of the type species of Mancinella Link 1807) (Gastropoda). Opinion 911
alpestris Linnaeus 1758 [originally in Alauda], Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 166 (Aves). Opinion 448
alpestris Alder 1838 [originally in Vertigo], Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Northumb., 2: 340 (Gastropoda). Opinion 336
ALPHAEIDAE Balss 1915, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-natur. Kl.), 91: 20 (type genus: Alpheus Fabricius 1798) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ALPHEIDAE (correction of ALPHIDIA) Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 334
ALPHEENS Milne Edwards 1837, in Roret’s Suites à Buffon, Hist. nat. Crust., 2: 339, 345 (type genus: Alpheus Fabricius 1798) (a vernacular (French) name). Opinion 334
ALPHEIDAE (correction by Randall [1840] (J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 140) of ALPHIDIA) Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 98 (type genus: Alpheus Fabricius 1798) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 334
Alpheopsis Coutière 1897, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 2: 382 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation by Holthuis 1955 (Zool. Verh. Leiden, 26: 84): Betaeus trispinosus Stimpson 1860, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860: 32) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 559
ALPHEUIDAE Yu 1936, Chin. J. Zool., 2: 91 (type genus: Alpheus Fabricius 1798) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ALPHEIDAE (correction of ALPHIDIA) Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 334
Alpheus Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 380, 404 (conserved under the plenary power) (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Latreille 1810 (Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 422, 101): Alpheus avarus Fabricius 1798, Suppl. Entomol. syst.: 404) (Crustacea, Decapoda). Opinion 334
Alpheus Weber 1795, Nomencl. entomol. Syst. Fabr.: 91 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 334
alpheus Cramer [1777] [originally in Papilio], De uitlandsche Kapellen, vol. 2, part 16, p. 31 (specific name of the type species of Capys Hewitson [1865]) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 1398
ALPHIDIA Rafinesque 1815, Analyse Nature: 98 (type genus: Alpheus Fabricius 1798) (an incorrect original spelling for ALPHEIDAE Rafinesque 1815). Opinion 334
Alphitobius Stephens 1829, The Nomenclature of British Insects, London: 19 (gender: masculine) (type species, by monotypy: Helops picipes Panzer 1794, Faunae Insectorum Germanicae, heft 14, tab. 4, valid name: Opatrum laevigatum Fabricius 1781) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1039
alpinus Pallas [1811] [originally in Canis], Zoograph. ross.-asiat., 1: 34 (name of a species of which Cuon primaevus Hodgson 1838 is considered to be a subspecies) (Mammalia). Opinion 384
alpinus Meinert 1870 [originally in Geophilus] (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved. ICZN 2020: Opinion 2450 (Case 3673)
alpinus Fabricius 1793 [originally in Staphylinus], Entomologiae Systematicae ..., vol. 1(2), p. 526 (specific name of the type species of Anthophagus Gravenhorst 1802) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 2084
alta Calvin [about 1878] [originally in Rhynchonella] (a name erroneously alleged to have been made available). Direction 1
alta Williams 1890 [originally in Rhynchonella], Bull. geol. Soc. Amer., 1: 495, pl. 12, figs. 5-7 (Brachiopoda). Direction 1
alternans Lichtenstein 1823 [originally in Coluber], Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannten Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen, p. 104 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy) (Reptilia, Serpentes). Opinion 1832
alternans Costa 1859 [originally in Lyda], Fauna Reg. Napoli, Lydidae (78): 3, fig. 6, ruled under the plenary power to be given precedence over the specific name inanis Klug 1808, as published in the binomen Lyda inanis, by those who regard both as denoting the same taxon (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Opinion 1066
alternata Lea 1833 [originally in Tuba], Contrib. geol.: 128 (specific name of the type species of Tuba Lea 1833) (Gastropoda). Opinion 436
althaea Hume 1878 [originally in Sylvia], Stray Feathers, 7: 60 (Aves). Opinion 1037
altianalis Boulenger 1900 [originally in Barbus], Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7)6: 159 (Osteichthyes). Opinion 1285
Altica Geoffroy 1762, Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, vol. 1, p. 244 (gender: feminine) (type species, by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810, Considerations générales sur ... les classes des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes, p. 432: Chrysomela oleracea Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera). Opinion 1754
alticola Pocock 1899 [originally in Bothriurus], The highest Andes, a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the exploration of the surrounding valleys, p. 357, ruled under the plenary power be given precedence over the name Cercophonius brachycentrus bivittatus Thorell 1877 whenever the two are considered to be synonyms (Arachnida). Opinion 2074
Alucita Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 542 (conserved under the plenary power as of subgeneric status) (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 542) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
ALUCITAEDES Billberg 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billberg: 92 (type genus: Alucita Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ALUCITIDAE (correction of ALUCITIDES) [Leach 1815]). Opinion 450
ALUCITIDAE (correction of ALUCITIDES) [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9(1): 135 (type genus: Alucita Linnaeus 1758) (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Opinion 450
ALUCITIDES [Leach 1815], in Brewster’s Edinburgh Ency., 9(1): 135 (type genus: Alucita Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect original spelling for ALUCITIDAE [Leach 1815]). Opinion 450
ALUCITINA Zeller 1841, Isis (Oken), 1841: 865 (type genus: Alucita Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ALUCITIDAE (correction of ALUCITIDES) [Leach 1815]). Opinion 450
ALUCITITES Newman 1835, Grammar Entomol.: 180 (type genus: Alucita Linnaeus 1758) (an incorrect subsequent spelling for ALUCITIDAE (correction of ALUCITIDES) [Leach 1815]). Opinion 450
Alus Gray 1825, Ann. Phil., 26: 342 (an incorrect subsequent spelling for Alces Gray 1821). Direction 24
alutaceus Handlirsch 1897 [originally in Carcinochelis], Annalen des Kaiserlich Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 12: 222 (specific name of the type species of Carcinochelis Fieber 1861) (Insecta, Heteroptera). Opinion 1641
alveofrons McAlpine 1961 [originally in Dasiops], Canad. Entomol., 93(7): 539-544 (conserved under the plenary power) (Insecta, Diptera). Opinion 700
alveofrons Moffitt & Yaruss 1961 [originally in Dasiops], J. econ. Entomol., 54(3): 504, 505 (suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of both the Principle of Priority and the Principle of Homonymy). Opinion 700
alveolaris Goldfuss 1829 [originally in Calamopora], Petrefacta Germaniae, 1(2): 77 (Anthozoa). Opinion 1059
Alveolina d’Orbigny 1826, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (1)7: 306 (gender: feminine) (type species, by designation under the plenary power: Oryzaria boscii Defrance in Bronn 1825) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1501
ALVEOLINIDAE Ehrenberg 1839, Physikalische Mathematische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1838: table facing p. 20 (type genus: Alveolina d’Orbigny 1826) (Foraminiferida). Opinion 1501
Alyattes Kinberg 1867, Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm, 23: 97 (a junior homonym of Alyattes Thomson 1864) (Oligochaeta). Opinion 1403
Alydus Fabricius 1803, Syst. Rhyng.: 251 (gender: masculine) (type species, by designation by Curtis, 1831 (Brit. Entomol., 7: pl. 369): Cimex calcaratus Linnaeus 1758, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 450) (Insecta, Hemiptera). Opinion 244